SIRIUS 2

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SIRIUS 2 is classified as:

XM and Sirius

NORAD ID: 26483

Int'l Code: 2000-051A

Perigee: 23,343.1 km

Apogee: 24,422.2 km

Inclination: 65.9 °

Period: 872.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 30253 km

RCS: 18.4732 m² (large)

Launch date: September 5, 2000
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

SIRIUS 2, also known as SD-RADIO 2 is an American geosynchronous communications spacecraft that was launched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 09:44 UT. It will enable S-band digital radio broadcasts (music, news, and entertainment) directly or through urban relay stations to motorists in North America. The Sirius constellation will be completed with the launch of a third spacecraft later this year.

1 26483U 00051A   22181.38966293 -.00000040  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 26483  65.9059  70.2810 0178355 251.4466 282.9941  1.64981877 44547

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC